Barring a disaster of an owner, which certainly isn’t unheard of in the NFL, the buck always ultimately stops at the head coach. Especially in an environment like Pittsburgh, everything flows through that title in one way or another, from play-calling to personnel.
And Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is absorbing the blame for his team’s shortcomings this week after dropping three straight. He began that crusade after Saturday’s loss to the Indianapolis Colts, shifting blame from his players to himself.
“We are a fundamentally poor football group right now. We’re playing losing football and I take responsibility for that”, he said in his opening remarks.